Transportation

Planes, trains, trolleys, cars, trucks, helicopters,ferries and carousels – they’re all here. Some of this stuff is essentially museum-quality, but happens to be mobile and outdoors. The museums dedicated to all this stuff can be found via other means and pages.

Plus doofy CT vanity plates and ET Progressive signs!

Crash! At Wintonbury Flying Club, Bloomfield

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Trains & Trolleys

Trains are pretty cool. Real trains, historic trains, old train stations, model trains… and we have an abundance of train “stuff” here in Connecticut. I’ve met a lot of “rail fans,” as they call themselves in the state. So, as a service to them – and to parents of kids who love trains (like me), I’ve compiled a list of “Everything Train” in Connecticut.

Carousels

Honestly, I had no idea where to slot in Connecticut’s historic carousels – of which there are a lot. There is (or was anyway) an official Connecticut Carousel Trail. It listed 13 carousels. Here they are: